Great Non-Profit: Squash Haven

March 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

It’s been far too long since I have featured an incredibly awesome non-profit here on The Sent. Welcome Squash Haven. This non-profit based out of New Haven (a city I hold near and dear to my heart after living there for 4 years of college) is taking inner-city students and introducing them to organized sports… read more

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For The Kids: Bathtime Fun

March 7, 2016 Leave a Comment

Floating Octopus – This one floats and has multiple pieces so my 1-year-old has loved playing with it recently. He takes the rings off, puts them back on, and takes the rings off, and… Well you know how it goes. Skip Hop Pouring Ducks – I used to always wish I had a plastic cup in the… read more

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Follow Up: The Dog Tags

March 1, 2016 5 Comments

This is an update for those who read my original post here about the man who bought my father’s dog tag off a local in Vietnam and then tracked my dad down from across the ocean to let him know he had it. Many have asked what happened after Charles contacted my dad. This week he… read more

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February: Links I Love

March 1, 2016 Leave a Comment

I am so all about female validation. It’s my love language. I’ve heard there are many health benefits to drinking from a copper water bottle. Just ordered this one from Amazon. Will keep you posted. People always compliment my pics on Instagram. I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to using lots of tech-tricks to… read more

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Dreaming of Summer: The Perfect Pool House

February 22, 2016 Leave a Comment

Call me crazy – but the warm balmy weather we experienced in CT this past weekend had me feeling like spring is just around the corner. Spring means two things to me – lots of gorgeous greens sprouting up everywhere and time to open the pool. I recently saw this pool house in the Buckhead… read more

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Best Books: You Are Special

February 17, 2016 Leave a Comment

You Are Special is a book that should be in everyones library. It’s particularly poignant on a day when you or your little people are feeling less than special and need to be reminded that you are in fact perfect-as-you-are, loved, and precious. In this book author Max Lucado introduces the reader to the Wemmicks, a… read more

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Best Buys: Target

February 16, 2016 Leave a Comment

You know the drill. You need tape, poster board, and maybe a case of water. You head to Target and return with 18 other things – none of which you needed. Dagh!!!!! There’s something in the water over at Target. Whatever you do, do NOT go to Target with children. Things will get out of control. That… read more

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PSA: Snow!

February 5, 2016 1 Comment

We interrupt our regular programming to bring you a public service announcement about snow removal! Here in the Northeast we were hit with another lovely storm. 3-4 inches so far and it’s still trickling down… My mother-in-law (the greenest thumb I know!) is snowed in at our place and this morning we were discussing how… read more

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Great Read: Euphoria

February 3, 2016 Leave a Comment

This book was a Christmas gift from a friend – I’ve said it before but books are on my top 3 when it comes to gift receiving. It’s a quick read and utterly transports you to a different time and place. Taking place mostly in New Guinea in the early 1900s, Euphoria by Lily King is… read more

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Parenting Boys

February 1, 2016 Leave a Comment

After having my only son JT, time and time again mothers have told me that parenting a boy is very different than parenting a girl. Having been raised in a home with 5 brothers I already have some sense of what those differences might look like. Can you say “breaking all the rules”?!? The thing… read more

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